A police report by the Pope County Sheriff's Office described the final moments of Ronald D. Esserman Jr.'s life.

According to the report Esserman, 42 of Dover, was shot by Nathaniel Z. Symonds in front of his trailer on 235 Oak Meadows road on Friday.

Symonds told officers the victim had attacked him, kicking him and hitting him, but he had gotten away. Symonds said he went to his grandfather's house and retrieved a shotgun. Symonds fired a warning shot in the air, but when he made contact with Esserman again, he shot him.

According to the report, after Esserman fell to the ground, Symonds shot him "several" more times.

Symonds, whose bond was set at $250,000 by District Judge Don Bourne, is being held at the Pope County Detention Center on contemplative charges of first degree murder.

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Symonds applied for voluntary admission to Behavioral Health at Saint Vincent's for examination and evaluations for mental illness on Feb. 1.

According to paperwork filed in Pulaski County, Symonds signed a petition to be admitted to Behavioral Health at Saint Vincent's in Little Rock because the state of Arkansas believed him to "have a mental illness" and he is a "clear and present danger to himself and others."

According to the paperwork, Symonds was placed in the infirmary on Jan. 30 on a 72-hour hold following a methamphetamine overdose and ingestion of Drano, which caused severe burns to his mouth and upper airways.

Symonds signed in voluntarily on Feb. 1 because he had suicidal thoughts. The paperwork reads he has a long history of post-traumatic stress disorder related to childhood sexual abuse, methamphetamine addiction, depressive disorder and has had multiple past suicide attempts.